7+ hour, 19+ min ago   (161+ words) Published 5:29 pm Sunday, September 13, 2026 By Ty Lim/Kelowna Capital News The B.C. government will be offering a total of $15 million in 2027 to support wildfire risk reduction projects in individual communities. The funding was announced on Sunday, Sept. 13 and is part of…...

7+ hour, 56+ min ago   (373+ words) Published 4:30 pm Sunday, September 13, 2026 There is doubt as to whether a man actually gunned down and murdered another at a fast-food restaurant in Nanaimo five years ago, say defence lawyers. The trial of Ronald Joseph Campbell, 42 when a first-degree murder…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (552+ words) Published 1:54 pm Thursday, September 10, 2026 As the car show hits Aldergrove for its 27th annual event, organizers are balancing the history that has made the Langley Good Times Cruise-In a local tradition with new additions. “We always want to give people a…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (344+ words) Published 3:00 pm Tuesday, September 8, 2026 There were an estimated 20,000 people in downtown Maple Ridge for the third annual Our Neck of the Woods festival on Saturday, Sept. 5. The free, all-day festival in Memorial Peace Park and 224 Street saw live music, food,…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (145+ words) Published 5:00 am Monday, September 7, 2026 A wide variety of classic cars are expected to converge in Albion today. Bruce’s Country Market, at Lougheed Highway and 240 Street, is hosting a three-hour classic car show on the holiday Monday, Sept. 7. The event is…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (601+ words) Published 8:00 pm Friday, September 4, 2026 An elderly woman was displaced from her home following a fire in Maple Ridge Thursday afternoon, Sept. 3. Firefighters were called to 21617 Exeter Ave. at around 4:21 p.m., after attending two other fires earlier in the day. When they…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (607+ words) Published 3:34 pm Wednesday, September 2, 2026 By Jordy Cunningham/Kelowna Capital News While recognizing Kelowna City Council’s concerns with the Outreach Urban Health Centre safe consumption site, Interior Health’s (IH) chief medical health officer Dr. Sue Pollock said the site is ultimately…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (524+ words) Published 3:00 pm Wednesday, September 2, 2026 A young German shepherd with a promising future as a police dog has begun its training in Nanaimo. Basko was born almost four months ago at the RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre in Innisfail, Alberta,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (479+ words) Published 7:44 pm Tuesday, September 1, 2026 By Brittany Webster/Kelowna Capital News The mayor of Kelowna has penned a letter on behalf of city council to the federal Ministry of Health requesting that the 2027 renewal of a downtown supervised consumption site be…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (631+ words) Published 11:20 am Monday, August 31, 2026 By Brendan Shykora/Vernon Morning Star Amid preparations to clean up an abandoned camp in the Lumby area, the Okanagan Forest Task Force (OFTF) is urging the province to aid its mission to make the backcountry…...